Frederick Hartmann

Hartmann imported glamour cards from continental Europe and was the distributor in the UK for Trenkler & Company postcards.

[4][5][6] Christian Linck was born in Germany in 1858/59, was a naturalised British subject, and in 1901 was head clerk for an indigo merchant.

[8] In Jennifer Speake's 2014 Literature of Travel and Exploration: An Encyclopedia, Hartmann is given sole credit for the divided back.

[3] Up to 1902, the back of the postcard could only display the address, and a message had to be squeezed into any margin(s) around the image itself.

[3] F. Hartmann was no longer in business in 1909, and the remaining stock was being sold off by the postcard printer John Thridgould of 14-22 Sidney Street, off Commercial Road East.